翻刻
【右丁】
同国郡馬郡中里村
名主 小右衛門 印
組頭 常右衛門 印
百姓代 源 六 印
下磯部村
須藤伝右衛門殿
田村卯右衛門殿
中山道上州水殿【?】板鼻宿
【左丁】
右宿より訴出候は五月廿八日六月廿八日当月五日浅間山
焼出シ候灰厚サ五分程降申候処当月六日暮六ツ時
より同八日未ノ刻迄昼夜共震動雷電仕無
陰間石砂降七日午之刻より申ノ刻迄二時半程
闇夜之如く行燈挑灯にて漸く用事
相達申候凡石砂厚サ壱尺壱寸程降積り吹
留りは壱尺四五寸も有之家之分御馬役相
勤候者二間其外裏家小家数多取押
御田畑作物等は不及申青草之類一向無之
差当り馬之飼料に差支甚以難渋仕候旨訴
現代語訳
【右丁】
同国群馬郡中里村
名主 小右衛門 印
組頭 常右衛門 印
百姓代 源 六 印
下磯部村
須藤伝右衛門殿
田村卯右衛門殿
中山道上州板鼻宿
【左丁】
右宿より訴え出たのは、五月二十八日・六月二十八日・当月五日に浅間山が噴火し、灰が厚さ五分ほど降ったところ、当月六日の暮れ六つ時(午後六時頃)より同八日の未の刻(午後二時頃)まで、昼夜ともに震動・雷電があり、絶え間なく石・砂が降り続けた。七日の午の刻(正午頃)より申の刻(午後四時頃)まで、二時半ほどの間、闇夜のようになり、行燈・提灯によってようやく用事を済ませることができた。おおよそ石・砂の厚さは一尺一寸ほど降り積もり、吹き溜まりのところは一尺四、五寸にもなった。家屋については、御馬役を勤める者の(馬屋)二間(ふたま)をはじめ、そのほか裏家・小家など多数が押し潰された。御田畑・作物等はもちろんのこと、青草の類も一切なく、差し当たり馬の飼料に差し支え、甚だ難渋している旨を訴え(出た)。
英語訳
[Right folio]
Nakazato Village, Gunma District, same province
Nanushi (Village Headman): Koemon [seal]
Kumigashira (Sub-headman): Tsuneemon [seal]
Hyakushōdai (Farmers' Representative): Gen-roku [seal]
[Addressed to,] Shimoisobe Village:
Sudō Denemon, [and]
Tamura Uemon
Itahana-juku post town, Jōshū [Kōzuke Province], Nakasendō
[Left folio]
The said post town has come forward with the following complaint: On the 28th day of the 5th month, the 28th day of the 6th month, and the 5th day of the current month, Mount Asama erupted, depositing ash to a depth of approximately five bu. Then, from the evening hour of Roku-tsu (around 6 p.m.) on the 6th day of the current month until the Hour of the Ram (around 2 p.m.) on the 8th, there were continuous tremors, thunder, and lightning both day and night, with an unceasing fall of stones and sand. From the Hour of the Horse (around noon) to the Hour of the Monkey (around 4 p.m.) on the 7th—a period of about two and a half hours—it became dark as night, and people could only just manage their affairs by the light of paper lanterns and hand lanterns. In total, stones and sand accumulated to a depth of approximately one shaku and one sun, with drifts reaching as much as one shaku four to five sun in places. As for buildings, two bays of stabling belonging to those who perform the post-horse service were destroyed, as were numerous back-houses and outbuildings. Needless to say, fields, paddies, and crops were devastated; not even green grasses remained. The post town has lodged this complaint, stating that they are in immediate difficulty regarding fodder for their horses and are suffering great hardship.